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Sonoma County Fires – One Year Later
My parent’s house in ruins. Yesterday marked one year since the catastrophic Tubbs Fire exploded through Napa and Sonoma Counties, consuming thousands of homes as it spread. My parent’s home, the...
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Fall Color Is Very Erratic This Year
Mount Shasta in the fall. This is from a year ago, not this year. Hi everyone. This is a bit of a more informal post and I have no current pictures to augment it because I have been pretty swamped...
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Northern California Review: Eastern Sierra Fall Color
Bright fall color at Parker Lake is overshadowed by the massive cliffs of Parker Peak. Autumn can be a magical time of year. With the lowering of the sun’s position in the sky and changing palette of...
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An Awesome Sight On Black Butte From My Front Yard
My son arrives on the summit of Black Butte. My eldest son turned 9 a few days ago. Among the many milestones he achieved around his birthday was his first ascent of Black Butte. My wife hiked with...
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Lake Siskiyou Autumn Idyll
Autumn glow along Lake Siskiyou while my family paddles toward the inlet. Though it has been getting cold at night, the days have been perfectly warm. The forecast portends a change in weather next...
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Alpenglow And Aspens: A Morning On The East Side
Lit up by the rising sun, Mount Shasta reflects in the water of Orr Lake. The east side of Mount Shasta is the loneliest side of the mountain. The area is sparsely populated despite being exceedingly...
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Mount Shasta Had A Fine (And Frustrating) Lenticular Today
A nice lenticular forms with a pronounced disk over Shastina . The changing weather patterns that begin on Tuesday have already brought the first lenticular. While yesterday morning was the first...
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Three Lenticulars In Three Days
Old Ski Bowl view of a large lenticular stack sitting majestically above Mount Shasta. A couple of days ago I reported the first good lenticular Mount Shasta has had this October. We are now getting...
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About The View From The Old Ski Bowl: Most Of It Burned
The magnificent view south, from the Old Ski Bowl. Last weekend, after leading the Cub Scouts on a hike through Panther Meadow, we headed up to the Old Ski Bowl to watch the sun set, drink hot...
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Triumph Of The Forest Service Wilderness Aesthetic
A sign along the Bear Valley Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore marks the wilderness boundary. In 1964, Congress passed the Wilderness Act, which enshrined as law the ability of congress to...
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…And Now The Camp Fire
I haven’t got much to say about the Camp Fire. Part of me is shocked but part of me is completely jaded. After writing about the fires all summer, it seemed we had finally turned the corner only to...
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Backyard Flag Retirement
In the nearly 6 years that Hike Mt Shasta has been on line, I have never posted a post on Veterans Day but this year is a bit different. Speaking broadly, the 100th anniversary of the end of the First...
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One Last Sunset From The Trinity Divide
Sunset view of Mount Shasta from the divide between the Trinity River and the Shasta River. Last night I took my family up onto the Pacific Crest Trail for one last hike in the high country before the...
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About That Sunset View Of The Trinity Alps
The Trinity Alps from our sunset vista. In my last post, I included a few images that captured the view of the Trinity Alps from our vantage point above the Pacific Crest Trail. The vast mountain...
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Delta Fire Damage – Scenes From The Sacramento River Canyon
Though nearly everything else burned, a little fall color clings to the banks of the Sacramento River. On Friday I had to drive down to Redding early in the morning to take care of some business. Once...
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A Little More On The Wilderness Aesthetic Here In Mount Shasta
I had another encounter with a variation on the Forest Service’s wilderness aesthetic. This time, however, it was not a wilderness sign and it was not in a wilderness area. It was a pleasing encounter...
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Checking In On The Rivers And The Mountain During The Storm
An evening break in the storm reveals a snowy Mount Shasta. It has been precipitating off and on for nearly a week now. This prompted me to get out and check up on the state of the rivers, the snow...
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The Ghost Trees Of Black Butte
Clouds roll past trees clinging to the steep flank of Black Butte. After a lull in the storm system that has been passing through Northern California, the precipitation returned with some vigor today....
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A November Sunrise On Mount Shasta
The rising sun sets the clouds around Mount Shasta aglow. This morning was the final sunrise of November 2018 and it was magnificent. The forecast had indicated that there would be a chance that the...
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The First Real Snowfall In Mount Shasta…And Just In Time
Morning light illuminates the clouds on the far side of Black Butte. We finally got some real snow last night. The first day of December began white and wintry. I am not sure how much snow fell in...
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